Dave St. Peter: We'll be competetive

[Halsey Hall]

Never look a gift-horse in the mouth! I'd jump all over that 64.5 with the over!!

[Kwak]

I think the Twins primary goal entering this offseason was to field a team decent enough to avoid the late-season attendance collapse last year. That is why they wanted "MLB-ready" pitching for Willingham this winter. If the Twins are out of contention by the deadline, I think the Twins will loosen on their asking price for Willingham. I don't think it would take more than a mediocre prospect or two to get a deal done, similar to the Delmon and Liriano trades.

 

Then why trade? The sort of "talent" received from those trades can easily be found in the 8th round of the amateur draft.

[Willihammer]

Then why trade?

Save the cash

[Halsey Hall]

Save the cash for what? They've been saving cash the last couple of years.

[Nick Nelson]

My question is not what should he say.....it is, what if he really does think that? I am not sure why people keep saying he does not believe it...we so no know what he believes. Him believing it would explain their lack of moves.....

 

Actually, if he believes it, it'd make their lack of moves all the more inexplicable, IMO. If they think they'll be playing meaningful games late in the season, why not spend more the available money and get better players, so as to improve their chances of winning those games and being in a better position to begin with?

[JB_Iowa]

I use an ignore button when it comes to anything Dave St. Peter says. I don't care for the smell of manure.

[Willihammer]

Save the cash for what?

 

Their pockets.

 

I'm spouting my opinion about the FOs *real* plan, based on their recent moves and talking points. I think DSP hopes the games are competitive in August and September because that seems to have been their goal going into the offseason. To push back that mathematical elimination date a few weeks and avoid all the empty seats we saw last year and make more money from operations while fielding a team on the cheap.

 

edit: So if they put up another 6-16 April, it would hardly be worth paying Morneau/Willingham anymore since the seats are going to be empty regardless come August and Sept.

[whatever54]

I will admit to being optimistic, maybe foolishly so, but I do think the Twins will be "more" competitive this year than the last two. If for no other reason than the additions of Pelfrey, Worley and Gibson should at least keep us in more games till the bull pen takes over. Meaningful games in August and September, well we'll see.

[Mike Sixel]

I do expect the individual games to be closer and more watchable....but I still expect them to win in the low-mid 70s. Just losing by giving up only 4 or 5 runs a game, instead of 6 or 7.

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

Meaningful?? Meaningful, in my estimation, is defined as a chance to win the Central Division, or at least a Wild Card. The MN Walleye Opener is May 11th this year. My idea of fun is trolling for walleyes and listening to a "meaningful" Twins game on the radio. That hasn't happened since May 2010.

[mcrow]

Not sure how much stock to put into projectctions but flipping through my copy of Baseball Prospectus 2013, the the Twins only have a couple of players projected to have better years than last. Several projected to have worse ones. Mauer and Willingham are expected to be about the same, Morneau is expected to have a slight improvement, and Parmelee and Hendriks are expected to make a nice improvement. Doumit and several outers are expected to have down year but Doumit is expected to have the biggest drop. On top of that none of the prospects are projected to really contribute very much.

 

So if Baseball Prospectus is close we're in for a year similar to last.

 

 

Hopefully they are wrong...lol.